Events from the year 1873 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Oscar II
Events
Foundation of the first women's rights organization in Sweden, the Married Woman's Property Rights Association."Kvinnofrågan" i Sveriges land och folk i Projekt Runeberg 5 May - The Scandinavian Monetary Union is founded. Swedish krona becomes the currency, replacing the riksdaler, in the effort to create a central, trans-national currency in Scandinavia. The Dämman lighthouse is constructed.
Births 10 April – Ingeborg Rönnblad, actress (died 1915) 3 June – Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (died 1958) 13 June – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director (died 1942) 15 September – Ellen Hagen, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician (died 1967)
Deaths
4 March – Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, royalty (born 1831) 27 March – Fanny Westerdahl, stage actress (born 1817) 31 March – Maria Magdalena Mathsdotter, Sami (died 1835) 20 May – Fredrica Ehrenborg, writer (born 1794) 16 January – Ulrika von Strussenfelt, writer (born 1801)
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